Whispers in the Loggia – March 23, 2011 In the wake of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake, resulting tsunamis and nuclear chaos that have ravaged Japan over the last 12 days, in a message over the weekend the president of the Japanese bishops, Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga SJ of Osaka, issued the following prayer, requesting its […]

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops – March 16, 2011 WASHINGTON (March 16, 2011)—Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), expressed the prayers and solidarity of the U.S. bishops and Catholic for the people of Japan following the March 11 earthquake. In his March 14 letter […]

Catholic News Agency – March 14, 2011 – By Benjamin Mann Sendai, Japan, Mar 14, 2011 / (CNA/EWTN News) – The Catholic relief agency Caritas Japan has begun working to help untold numbers of people rebuild their lives, amid the devastation and continuing effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Nearly 2,000 people have […]